Songwriting For Producers Information

Songwriting For Producers by Connor O’Brien (EDMProd) is a comprehensive course designed to help electronic music producers master the art of songwriting, making their music more memorable, engaging, and professionally polished.

Master the theory and arrangement framework behind producing unique and memorable electronic music

Do you want to make music that connects with people?

Music that fans want to share with each other?

Music that impresses your friends and family—who, instead of talking over your demos—ask to hear more of your music?

If you’re reading this, your answer is likely a resounding “YES.”

You want to make music that sounds professional, that engages the listener, and has other people taking you seriously.

So what’s the problem?

If you’re like most electronic music producers… you never get to this point.

Most of the time, you find it hard to even finish music because you get stuck in the songwriting process. When you do finish songs, they tend not to get many streams or gain you new followers because they just don’t connect with anyone.

• But what about all that time you’ve spent learning how to program drums?
• What about all those sound design tutorials you’ve watched on YouTube?
• What about all the money you’ve spent on plugins to get a better mixdown?

All good things.

But they are not the things that are going to make your music memorable, understandable, and catchy.

And this leads us to the core problem that most 21st century electronic music producers face:

You know how to finish a “track”, but you don’t know how to finish a song.

You don’t know how to write and and produce a song that:

• Connects with the listener and invokes an emotion (or several emotions)
• Reminds your listener of something (a past relationship, the last vacation they had, summer, or some other event or person…)
• Makes your listener want to share it with friends so they can take credit for finding something everyone will enjoy.

What is songwriting?

If you’ve got this far and still have questions about how important songwriting is, then I can’t help you.

But if you’ve nodded your head in agreement—you know it’s important—but you’re wondering what on earth I mean by “songwriting” …let me explain…

Songwriting is everything.

It’s…

• How you structure your song for maximum tension and energy…
• How you engage the listener and maintain their interest throughout the song…
• How you write chords and melodies…
• How different sections of your song flow into each other…
• How you use certain notes, chords, or techniques to invoke an emotional response in the listener…

…and much more.

Look at the above list and ask yourself: why wouldn’t I want to get better at songwriting?

I want you to do that, because the unfortunate thing is that while songwriting is more important than ever, most electronic music producers are not good at it.

Some get lucky and write a good song through pure trial and error, accident, or countless hours of inefficient time investment.

But most do not get lucky. They can’t write good songs because they have no idea how to write good songs.

What You’ll Learn In Songwriting For Producers?

• A quick crash course that will teach you all you need to know about basic music theory—without boring you to death
• The easy approach to create more interesting chords (even if you’re a theory newbie)
• A reliable framework for quickly building strong chord progressions that can carry your track through to the end
• How to get unstuck in your chord progression when you don’t know where to go next—without needing to consult Google all the time
• Why you should use unique chord types like slash chords and seventh chords—and when to use them
• Using “harmonic rhythm” to add variety and interest to your chord progressions
• The proven framework for writing great melodies consistently (even if you think you can’t)
• The quantity approach to writing great melodies (I wish I’d learned this earlier)
• How to write chords underneath a melody so you don’t get stuck with a simple idea (but can instead turn it into a full song)
• Why you struggle with arrangement (and how to fix it)
• Three arrangement workflows that take the guesswork out of producing
• Pre-chorus writing techniques—how to build massive tension going into the chorus or drop
• 12 genre-specific breakdowns to take everything you’ve learned and see it in action

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